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... consists of a rise from a very low note to a fairly high note and then a fall from the high note.
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
Yes/No questions are usually spoken with...
The fall
The rise
The fall-rise
The rise-fall
... consists of a rise from a very low note to a fairly high note.
The fall
The rise
The fall-rise
The rise-fall
... can be considered to be the height of the pitch and change of the pitch which is...
Assimilation
Stress
Rhythm
Tone
When speaking, people generally raise or lower the pitch of their voices forming pitch...
Intonation
Syllable
Pitch
Pronunciation
Which of the following is not an intonation language?
German
Chinese
English
French
Which of the following is not a component of intonation in English?
Speech melody
Sentence stress
Tempo
Word meaning
The normal tendency in the English language is for the main sentence stress to fall on...
First
Second
Third
Last
On which types of words does the stress usually not fall on in natural speech?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Auxiliaries
The above tendency (the normal tendency in the English language is for the main sentence stress to fall on) corresponds to the principle of... in communication.
End-focus
Contrastive stress
Fronted theme
Shifted theme
We can interfere with normal accentuation to highlight any word we please by means of...
End-focus
Contrastive stress
Fronted theme
Shifted theme
... is the tendency to pronounce the stressed syllables at relatively regular intervals (of stress).
Rhythm
Stress
Elision
Assimilation
The organs of articulation are located in:
Along the vocal tract
The chest
The throat
The head
The vocal sounds are produced in the:
Trachea
Larynx
Lungs
Pharynx
The produced vocal sounds are resonated and modified in the:
Nose
Pharynx
Mouth
Resonators
The vocal tract is the air passage beginning with the lungs and ending in:
The mouth and the nose
The front
The head
Pharynx
Vocal folds are two elastic bands of tissue located in the:
Larynx
Pharynx
Trachea
Mouth
The velum is the front part of the roof of the mouth which is formed by a bony structurE.
False
True
Vibration happens when......
Vocal folds are under tension & partially opened
The glottis is narrow
The vocal bands are wide apart
Vocal bands are tightly closed
Soft palate which can be touched by the tongue, at the back of the mouth is called:
Alveolar
Velum
Uvula
Palate
... is (are) considered the most important speech instrument inside the larynx.
Adam’s apple
Glottis
Trachea
Vocal cords
When the glottis is wide apart, we can......
Breathe normally and produce some consonants
Porduce vowels
Produce all consonants
Produce vowels & diphthongs
For the voiceless sounds to be produced, the glottis is ........
Narrow
Mi-open
Wide apart
Tightly closed
The most movable speech instrument along the vocal tract is:
Tongue
Lips
Teeth
Vocal folds
A sound produced while the vocal folds are not vibrating is called:
Voiced
Consonants
Voiceless
Vowels
English vowels and consonants are different from each other in:
Manner of articulation & distribution
Voicing
Place of articulation
Which of the follwing words contains a short vowel?
Touch
Smooth
Mere
Bear
The English end in /ɪ/
Closing diphthongs
Centering diphthongs
Triphthongs
Diphthongs
are the combinations of two single vowels
consist a glide from one vowel to another
are two single vowels appearing within a syllable.
Which of the followings is not a criterion to classify English simple vowels?
Tongue of height
Tongue part
Voicing
Length of sound